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ROBERT TROUP TO JAY. 425
paper cover. The law requiries that the votes of every
town shall be put into the box.
Upon this state of facts the Livingstons contend that A.
B. was not Sheriff at the time of putting the ballots into
the box or afterwards, and consequently that he had no
right to send the box to the Secretary's office. They also
contend that the votes of one town being left out of the
box all the other votes of the County must be lost. After
there had been a considerable stir in town about the Ostego
votes, Ned Livingston, to my very great surprise, waited
upon me with a written case in substance as above, and
asked me if I had any objections to giving an opinion upon
it. At first I was struck with the indelicacy of the application and of my giving an opinion upon a subject in which
my feelings were so much concerned. I replied however
that he should have my opinion, and my reason for making
this reply was a conviction that their views were corrupt
and therefore that it would be right in me to counteract
them if I could possibly do it. Before Ned left me he had
the modesty in almost plain terms to tell me that I should
not meet with any difficulty, he was persuaded, in deciding
against the votes, upon both the points raised to me. The
moment Ned went away I got down and examined the
questions with the closest attention and soon satisfied myself from the books that A. B. was Sheriff at the time of
putting the ballots into the box and afterwards, and that
he was legally entitled to send the box to the Secretary's
office. As to the other question it appeared too absurd to
admit of reflection.
I was pressed for my opinion the next morning and I
gave it to Ned plumply against him upon both points. The
opinion threw the party into consternation. A Cabinet
Council of the Governor, the Chancellor, Ned, Brockholst,
&c, was immediately called. Soon afterwards Brockholst
went about almost like a madman vociferating against the
| Title | The correspondence and public papers of John Jay - 3 |
| Creator | Jay, John |
| Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons |
| Place of Publication | New York, London |
| Date | [1890-93] |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000460 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | ROBERT TROUP TO JAY. 425 paper cover. The law requiries that the votes of every town shall be put into the box. Upon this state of facts the Livingstons contend that A. B. was not Sheriff at the time of putting the ballots into the box or afterwards, and consequently that he had no right to send the box to the Secretary's office. They also contend that the votes of one town being left out of the box all the other votes of the County must be lost. After there had been a considerable stir in town about the Ostego votes, Ned Livingston, to my very great surprise, waited upon me with a written case in substance as above, and asked me if I had any objections to giving an opinion upon it. At first I was struck with the indelicacy of the application and of my giving an opinion upon a subject in which my feelings were so much concerned. I replied however that he should have my opinion, and my reason for making this reply was a conviction that their views were corrupt and therefore that it would be right in me to counteract them if I could possibly do it. Before Ned left me he had the modesty in almost plain terms to tell me that I should not meet with any difficulty, he was persuaded, in deciding against the votes, upon both the points raised to me. The moment Ned went away I got down and examined the questions with the closest attention and soon satisfied myself from the books that A. B. was Sheriff at the time of putting the ballots into the box and afterwards, and that he was legally entitled to send the box to the Secretary's office. As to the other question it appeared too absurd to admit of reflection. I was pressed for my opinion the next morning and I gave it to Ned plumply against him upon both points. The opinion threw the party into consternation. A Cabinet Council of the Governor, the Chancellor, Ned, Brockholst, &c, was immediately called. Soon afterwards Brockholst went about almost like a madman vociferating against the |
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